made inactive as part of United States drawdown in Southeast Asia during 1973. Lineage 462d Bombardment Squadron Constituted as the 462d Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) on 1 July 1942 Activated on 6 July 1942 Inactivated on 1 April 1944 Redesignated 462d Bombardment Squadron, Very Heavy on 4 August 1944 Activated on 18 August 1944 Inactivated on 30 June 1946 Consolidated with the 362d Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron as the 362d Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron on 19 September 1985 362d Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron Constituted as the 362d Reconnaissance Squadron and activated Organized on 1 February 1967 Redesignated 362d Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron on 15 March 1967 Inactivated on 28 February 1973 Consolidated with the 462d Bombardment Squadron on 19 September 1985 Assignments 331st Bombardment Group, 6 July 1942 – 1 April 1944 346th Bombardment Group, 18 August 1944 – 30 June 1946 Pacific Air Forces (not organized) 460th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, 1 February 1967 483d Tactical Airlift Wing, 31 August 1971 366th Tactical Fighter Wing, 1 February 1972 6498th Air Base Wing, 27 June 1972 – 28 February 1973 Stations Salt Lake City Army Air Base, Utah, 6 July 1942 Casper Army Air Field, Wyoming, 15 September 1942 – 1 April 1944 Dalhart Army Air Field, Texas, 18 August 1944 Pratt Army Air Field, Kansas, 12 December 1944 – 29 June 1945 Kadena Airfield, Okinawa, 13 August 1945 – 30 June 1946 Pleiku Air Base, Republic of Vietnam, 1 February 1967 Phan Rang Air Base, Republic of Vietnam, June 1969 Da Nang Air Base, Republic of Vietnam, 1 February 1972 – 28 February 1973 Aircraft Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, 1942–1943, 1945 Consolidated B-24 Liberator, 1943–1944 Boeing B-29 Superfortress, 1945–1946 Curtiss C-46 Commando, 1946 Douglas C-47 Skytrain Douglas EC-47H Skytrain References Notes Explanatory notes Citations Bibliography Electronic warfare squadrons of the United States Air Force